The boot time is a bit worrying. I am working with an ideaalong the lines of a semi-static /dev with vdev as hotpluggerI think this fits a setup with AUFS

ncmprhnsbl wrote: |-vdevd-+-15*[daemonlet] | `-2*[{vdevd}]15 daemonlets... is that a lot?

No that is standard, I got exactly the same

ncmprhnsbl wrote:peasy not setting ip on ethernet(wired) > i run dhcpcd which does the trick

I actually went back and checked connman again but to much a blackbox for me.I will put in time to make a good peasywifi version for alphaOS as the next project.It seems peasywifi is in a stable state upstream so now is a good time to port it.